BREAKING NEWS: Supreme Court issues ruling in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, major voting-rights case out of Arizona. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
BREAKING NEWS: In 6-3 ruling, SCOTUS upholds two Arizona voting provisions: a ban on so-called "ballot harvesting," and a policy that throws out an entire ballot if it was cast in the wrong precinct. Challengers argued that both provisions discriminate against minority voters.
Justice Alito writes the majority opinion joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett.
Justice Kagan dissents joined by Breyer and Sotomayor.
Justice Kagan dissents joined by Breyer and Sotomayor.
Justice Alito for the court, "[W]e think it prudent to make clear at the beginning that we decline in these cases to announce a test to govern all VRA §2 claims involving rules, like those at issue here, that specify the time, place, or manner for casting ballots."
Kagan says that today's ruling "undermines Section 2 and the right it provides" because it "gives a cramped reading to broad language" and then "uses that reading to uphold" the out-of-precinct policy and the ban on ballot harvesting.
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